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Weekly Updates

Sunday, May 17, 2015

Dear Parents,

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I write my final newsletter for the school
year with immense gratitude to you all for making this year a wonderful one for
our scholars and all of us in class 2A. It means a lot to me that our year ran
smoothly without any problems. I thank you all for supporting your child in
every way possible. Your dedication made a huge difference to your child’s love
for learning. We will continue with our usual schedule, and here is a bird’s
eye view of our final week.

LANGUAGE
ARTS

SPALDING –We will continue our spelling words this
week. Encourage your scholars to continue to practice writing their cursive. We
will continue practicing in class as well. Students are not mandated to write
in cursive now.

READING – READING STRATEGY: We will
continue to review all comprehension strategies learned throughout the school
year.

POETRY: Title: “Harriet
Tubman” by Eloise Greenfield. Students will do their recitals
during the last week of school. Students will do their recitals on Thursday.

SAYING: None

GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY – We will do a review of all
parts of speech.

WRITING – We have finished our unit in writing, but students will
write their final paragraph this week.

LEVELED READERS – Students must return all their chapter
books by Wednesday.

MATH

We complete our
final unit in Math: Geometry. Students will identify and make basic 3-D shapes.
They will also identify flat and curved surfaces on a 3-D object. We will
identify vertices and edges on 3-D shapes.

SCIENCE

The class will review
all we learned about simple machines. We will send a review guide home on
Tuesday. The Science quiz will be on Thursday. We will read 4 science
biographies this week as well: Florence Nightingale, Daniel Hale Williams,
Anton Van Leuwenhoek, and Elijah McCoy.

HISTORY

In History, We will continue
learning about Civil Rights leaders.

VIRTUE OF THE MONTH – Wisdom

Understanding
of what is true and right that leads to just judgment as to action.

Know,
then ACT

Wisdom
is being wise, making trustworthy decisions, and making wise choices. Abraham
Lincoln showed wisdom when he made the Emancipation Proclamation to free all
slaves.

– Julia Garner (Class 2A)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

·Students
will empty their desk on Thursday. It is important that they bring to school a
plastic bag or grocery bag to empty their desk.

·Friday will be a busy day and we will be
celebrating the last day of school! In the midst of all the activities,
students will be allowed to bring whatever treats they would like to share. We
will be celebrating all summer birthday as well, so all the students that wish
to celebrate their birthdays will be encouraged to do so. Parents are allowed to bring as many treats as possible. The kids will eat some in class, and
the rest will be distributed evenly amongst the whole class

·Please,
all chapter books should be returned to school.

·Your child went home with
a brochure that outlines all of the exciting camps being held, here at Archway
Arete, during the Great Hearts Summer Academy. If you have any questions,
please contact Mr. Posner atjposner@archwayarete.org.

You are
encouraged to try out this wonderful Math Resource during the summer
holiday to keep your scholar busy KhanAcademy.org

·The used uniform drive
is underway. If you have any uniforms that you would like to donate or
exchange, please fill out this form and drop off your items at the front
desk. Please contact Dee Ulano with any questions.

Sunday, May 10, 2015

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. On behalf of Ms. Peterson and I, I want to say
a very big thank you to you all for making last week a memorable one. The food,
the gifts, the flowers, and thank you notes are so very much appreciated. We
cannot do what we do without your cooperation, so we thank you too. It was also
nice seeing everyone at the concert. The kids did great! We are so proud of
them.

Here is a quick look at our 36th week:

LANGUAGE
ARTS

SPALDING –We will continue our spelling words this
week. Encourage your scholars to continue to practice writing their cursive. We
will continue practicing in class as well. Students are not mandated to write
in cursive now.

READING – READING STRATEGY: We will
continue to review all comprehension strategies learned throughout the school
year.

POETRY: Title: “Harriet
Tubman” by Eloise Greenfield. Students will do their recitals
during the last week of school.

SAYING: None

GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY – We will do a review of all
parts of speech.

WRITING – As we continue working on Writing With Ease,
students will continue to develop narration, dictation and copy work skills. We
will continue to write paragraphs. Students learned that a paragraph is made up
of at least 3-5 sentences. It must have an introductory sentence, three support
sentences, and a closing sentence.

LEVELED READERS – The class will continue to read chapter
books.

MATH

We will continue
working on gathering data and plotting graphs. They are all finding this
concept easy, but I will love to see them continue to practice telling time.

SCIENCE

The class will review
all we learned about simple machines. We will send a review guide home this
week. They will do a quiz on Thursday.

HISTORY

In History, We will talk about the
process of becoming a citizen. We will do a review for the Immigration and
citizenship unit. The test for this unit will be on Wednesday. We will begin
our last unit for history: Civil Rights leaders.

VIRTUE OF THE MONTH – Wisdom

Understanding of what is true
and right that leads to just judgment as to action.

Know, then ACT

Wisdom begins in wonder. - Socrates

ANNOUNCEMENTS

·We
will have Math and Reading groups this week.

·We
will conduct DIBELS reading assessments May 4th – May 11th

·Your child went home with
a brochure that outlines all of the exciting camps being held, here at Archway
Arete, during the Great Hearts Summer Academy. If you have any questions,
please contact Mr. Posner atjposner@archwayarete.org.

·The used uniform drive
is underway. If you have any uniforms that you would like to donate or
exchange, please fill out this form and drop off your items at the front
desk. Please contact Dee Ulano with any questions.

Sunday, May 3, 2015

Dear Parents,

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. It’s
so hard to believe that we are in the final month of the school year. It flew
by so fast. I look forward to seeing you all at the concert on Thursday. I wish everyone a great week.

Here is a quick look at our 35th week:

LANGUAGE
ARTS

SPALDING –We will continue our spelling words this
week. Encourage your scholars to continue to practice writing their cursive. We
will continue practicing in class as well. Students are not mandated to write
in cursive now.

READING – READING STRATEGY: We will
continue to review all comprehension strategies learned throughout the school
year.

POETRY: Title: “Harriet
Tubman” by Eloise Greenfield. Students will do their recitals
during the last week of school.

SAYING: None

GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY – We will do a review of all parts
of speech.

WRITING – As we continue working on Writing With Ease,
students will continue to develop narration, dictation and copy work skills. We
will continue to write paragraphs. Students learned that a paragraph is made up
of at least 3-5 sentences. It must have an introductory sentence, three support
sentences, and a closing sentence.

LEVELED READERS – Your scholar will bring home a chapter book
to read. Please, encourage them to continue to write their reflection logs. Please,
have them take care of the book as well.

MATH

We will compare
the capacity of containers, understand liter as a unit of measurement, and
solve word problems relating to measuring capacity. We will begin making tally
charts and working with simple picture graphs as well.

SCIENCE

This week, we will
focus on wheel and axle, and pulleys as examples of simple machines.

HISTORY

In History, We will talk about the
role immigrants like – Andrew Carnegie, Albert Sabin, and Irvin Berlin played
in the making of USA.

VIRTUE OF THE MONTH – Wisdom

Understanding of what is true
and right that leads to just judgment as to action.

Know, then ACT

“When you know better: you do better.” - Maya Angelou

ANNOUNCEMENTS

·We
will have Math and Reading groups.

·We
will conduct DIBELS reading assessments May 4th – May 11th

·Your child went home with
a brochure that outlines all of the exciting camps being held, here at Archway
Arete, during the Great Hearts Summer Academy. If you have any questions,
please contact Mr. Posner atjposner@archwayarete.org.

·The used uniform drive
is underway. If you have any uniforms that you would like to donate or
exchange, please fill out this form and drop off your items at the front
desk. Please contact Dee Ulano with any questions.

READING – READING STRATEGY: In
comprehension, we will focus on making inferences.

POETRY: Title: “Harriet
Tubman” by Eloise Greenfield. Students will do their recitals
during the last week of school.

SAYING: Our saying this week is, “Get a taste of your own medicine."

GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY – We will review contractions.

WRITING – As we continue working on Writing With Ease,
students will continue to develop narration, dictation and copy work skills. We
will continue to write paragraphs. Students learned that a paragraph is made up
of at least 3-5 sentences. It must have an introductory sentence, three support
sentences, and a closing sentence.

LEVELED READERS – Your scholar will bring home a chapter book
to read. Please, encourage them to continue to write their reflection logs. Please,
have them take care of the book as well.

MATH

This week, we
will learn how to measure liquid content in capacity. We will compare the capacity of containers,
understand liter as a unit of measurement, and solve word problems relating to
measuring in capacity.

SCIENCE

We will continue
learning about Simple Machines. Last week, we learned about work, force, energy
and levers. This week, we will focus on wedges and inclined planes as examples
of simple machine.

HISTORY

In History, We will begin a new unit
on Immigration and Citizenship. Students will learn about why and how Europeans migrated to USA. We will talk about the role
immigrants played in the making of USA.

VIRTUE OF THE MONTH – Responsibility/Humility

To not be proud or arrogant, but
to have a modest sense of one’s importance.

Let OTHERS go FIRST

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that
makes men as angels.

·Your child went home with
a brochure that outlines all of the exciting camps being held, here at Archway
Arete, during the Great Hearts Summer Academy. If you have any questions, please
contact Mr. Posner atjposner@archwayarete.org.

·The PSO Appreciation
Dinner is scheduled for Wednesday, April 29th at 6:00 p.m. The teachers at both
Archway and Prep are very excited to show their gratitude toward these
incredible volunteers who gave their time during the 2014-15 school year. More
details to come.

·The used uniform drive
is underway. If you have any uniforms that you would like to donate or exchange,
please fill out this form and drop off your items at the front
desk. Please contact Dee Ulano with any questions.

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Dear Parents,

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. The
count down continues into the fifth week of our final quarter. There is still so much to learn, so please
encourage your scholars to continue to give their best. It has been a little
rowdy in the past week.

Here is a quick look at our 33rd week for
the school year:

LANGUAGE
ARTS

SPALDING –We will continue our spelling words this
week. Encourage your scholars to continue to practice writing their cursive. We
will continue practicing in class as well. Students are not mandated to write
in cursive now.

READING – READING STRATEGY: In
comprehension, we will focus on compare and contrast. Students will engage in
telling the difference and similarities in things, people, and places.

POETRY: Title: “Harriet
Tubman” by Eloise Greenfield. Students will do their recitals
during the last week of school.

SAYING: Our saying this week is, “Get a taste of your own medicine."

GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY – We will review all the parts
of speech we have learnt so far: verbs, adverbs, adjectives, pronouns, prepositions, interjections and
preposition.

WRITING – As we continue working on Writing With Ease,
students will continue to develop narration, dictation and copy work skills. We
will continue to write paragraphs. Students learned that a paragraph is made up
of at least 3-5 sentences. It must have an introductory sentence, three support
sentences, and a closing sentence.

LEVELED READERS – Your scholar will bring home a chapter book
to read. Please, encourage them to continue to write their reflection logs. Please,
have them take care of the book as well.

MATH

This week, we
will continue learning how to tell time. Last week was quite challenging for
the entire class, but I think we are making good progress with telling time
after and before the hour. We will focus on the start or end time for a time
interval. Please, help reinforce telling time at home.

SCIENCE

We have finished
our unit on Magnets. Students will come home with their packets and study
guides. Science test will be on Thursday. We will begin a new unit on Simple
Machines. We will explore what a simple machine is and list several examples of
what they are used for.

HISTORY

In History, We will finish our unit
on Civil war by reviewing all they learned about the war, slavery, people that
made a difference, how the war started, and how it ended. There will be a test
on Friday.

VIRTUE OF THE MONTH – Responsibility/Humility

To hold yourself morally
accountable for actions within your control.

OWN your actions

Concern yourself
more with accepting responsibility than with assigning blame. Let the
possibilities inspire you more than the obstacles discourage you.

- Ralph Marston

ANNOUNCEMENTS

·We
will resume Math and Reading groups.

·Your child went home two weeks ago with a brochure that outlines all of the exciting camps being held,
here at Archway Arete, during the Great Hearts Summer Academy. If you have any
questions, please contact Mr. Posner atjposner@archwayarete.org.

K-1
students will perform on Tuesday, May 5th at 5:30 p.m. (For Spring Concert).

2-3
students will perform on Thursday, May 7th at 5:30 p.m.(For Spring Concert).

4-5
students will perform on Thursday, May 7th at 7:00 p.m.(For Spring Concert).

·The PSO Appreciation
Dinner is scheduled for Wednesday, April 29th at 6:00 p.m. The teachers at both
Archway and Prep are very excited to show their gratitude toward these
incredible volunteers who gave their time during the 2014-15 school year. More
details to come.

·The used uniform drive
is underway. If you have any uniforms that you would like to donate or
exchange, please fill out this form and drop off your items at the front
desk. Please contact Dee Ulano with any questions.

Contact Information

Important Dates

Spring Concert KG-1 5:30pmMay 5th

Spring Concert 2-5 5:30pmMay 7th

KG Promotion CeremonyMay 20th

5th Grade Promotion CeremonyMay 21st

Last Day of School May 22nd

Weekly Quotes

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to leave the world a better place, to know even one life has breathed easierbecause you have lived, this is to have succeeded.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson